After Annibale Fontana (1540-87), The Sacrifice of Isaac, bronze plaquette (after the engraved crystal panel in the Reiche Kapelle, Munich), Abraham about to strike Isaac is restrained by the angel flying from above, 170 x 122mm (cf. Scaglia IX.22; Morgenroth 278), with suspension loop, a very fine early cast, with dark patina Provenance: John R. Gaines collection; Michael Hall, New York (with MH monogram etched on reverse).Other bronze casts are in the V&A Museum (A2-1960) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (38-159.9). The present version is cast from a model where Jehovah in Hebrew has been added at top left and the background around the trees was incised with fine stipple-work – here reproduced in the cast.

Estimate: GBP 700 - 1000